Joseph Balkoski is Command Historian of the Maryland National Guard and author of Omaha Beach (978-0-8117-3376-2), Utah Beach (978-0-8117-3377-9), and the classic Beyond the Beachhead (978-0-8117-3237-6). He has appeared as a D-Day expert on MSNBC, and his work has been praised by Joe Scarborough, the New York Post, the Washington Times, World War II magazine, and others. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Preface
ix
Chapter 1. The End of the Beginning
1
(14)
Chapter 2. Realism, Not Pessimism
15
(18)
Chapter 3. Festung Europa
33
(19)
Chapter 4. Fortune Favors the Bold
52
(19)
Chapter 5. The Greatest Show on Earth
71
(26)
Chapter 6. Forlorn Hope
97
(13)
Chapter 7. The Momentous Now
110
(30)
Chapter 8. Clear the Way
140
(17)
Chapter 9. Bullets like Rain
157
(34)
Chapter 10. Move or Die
191
(46)
Chapter 11. Everyone an Infantryman
237
(30)
Chapter 12. Beyond the Beach
267
(40)
Chapter 13. A Full Measure of Devotion
307
(22)
Chapter 14. To Rest or to Die
329
(21)
Appendix I: Allied Casualties on Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944
350
(3)
Appendix II: Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross Awards for Valor on Omaha Beach
353
(9)
Appendix III: U.S. Army and U.S. Navy First-Wave Units on Omaha Beach
362
(5)
Appendix IV: Composition of Typical Assault Boat Team, 16th and 116th Infantry
367
(3)
Appendix V: Uniform and Equipment of Boat Team Leader, 16th and 116th Infantry
370
(2)
Notes
372
(21)
Bibliography
393
(5)
Acknowledgments
398
(6)
Index
404
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